Paper Flower Tutorial

I saw these flowers here while surfing around online and thought of my friend, Jacqueline who's making decorations for a little girl's nursery.





These were made for a wedding reception decoration using sheet music because the groom is a musician, and I thought it looked fantastic.

I tried to make some at home, just because.

One thing I would suggest that I didn't have is a punch or template to make the petals more uniform. I just freehanded these and you can tell.



First, I hand cut 7 leaf shapes out of white cardstock. You can use more or less, depending on the look you like.

Next (bare with me) I dipped them into my cold tea. Bizarre, yes, but I was going for a tea-stained look and it was in front of me, and I don't like cold tea....



Anyway, it didn't give it any colour, but it made the paper easier to work with and helped the ink spread.

Next, I dabbed some ink on a new makeup sponge and pounced it on the petals, front and back. I used the brown allover and the pink around the edges to give it an antique rose colour. Start with a little colour and add more as you go, until you have the look you want.



Do the pouncing over a napkin or protective mat so you don't ink your dining room table..... that doesn't go over well.

Let it dry a little, then pinch one end of each petal together, and place two-sided tape on the outside of the pinched end. Glue the petals together.

Pretty easy, but it's a neat look. I might make some smaller flowers for a layout using this method.